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unsoundness, and the bone of good size and quality throughout — 

 in short, a "blocky" horse with quality, and carrying in every part of 

 his conformation an appearance of strength and activity. Horses 

 which fill the draft horse requirement as to size, but not as to quality, 

 are sold as "loggers," while "feeders^" are, as the word indicates, 

 drafters in poor flesh. "Farm chunks" are horses which are not big 

 enough to belong to the draft class, yet have the characteristic con- 

 formation and action. 



The coach, or heavy carriage horse stands 15.2 to 16 hands 

 high, and weighs 1100 to 1300 pounds. The three essentials of a 

 coacher are style, action and finish, which are never found in ani- 

 mals other than those with considerable quality. The head must 

 be neat, with a clean-cut arched neck, short and broad back, and 

 long, level croup, with a tail carried high. Heavy harness horses 

 are always "docked." The barrel should have good depth, and the 

 entire body should be well filled in its outline and entirely free 

 from any angular appearance. The shoulders and pasterns must 

 be decidedly oblique, and strong legs and joints with good feet are 

 very important. When moving the knees and hocks should fold 

 well up, giving a high "trappy" action rather than a long stride. 

 Besides the "finish" and high action, style and gracefulness should 

 be evident in every movement. 



Light drivers should stand 15.1 to 16 hands high, and weigh 

 950 to 1,150 pounds. They differ from the coach horse in being 

 horses of less size with more endurance. They are more angular in 

 conformation, and have a long rather than high stride when in 

 action, but show quality throughout. Drivers must have good 

 heads, with rather thin necks set on very long and moderately slop- 

 ing shoulders. Deep, rather than wide chests, are required. The 

 back is of medium length, the croups are often somewhat droop- 

 ing, and the flanks tend to be light. Legs and feet in this class are 

 of great importance, because of the amount of concussion to which 

 they are subjected. There is an appearance of the greatest economy 

 of material with the greatest eflficiency of the animal, which is quite 

 characteristic of light drivers. 



The American saddle horse is very closely related to the 

 thoroughbred, and they possess many like characteristics. The ex- 

 treme quality, endurance and beauty is common to both. Saddlers 

 stand 15.1 to 16 hands and weigh 1,000 to 1,200 pounds. They 

 must have heads and necks showing extreme quality and grace- 

 fulness, with very long oblique shoulders, and must be well muscled 

 over the back and loin. The tail is set high on a long but "neatly 



